SPOTLIGHT ON –
Department of Internal Medicine 100th
Anniversary
At the time of this writing near the end of
calendar year 2011, centennial celebrations are
winding down. We had a great year celebrating
the successes of the previous 100 years with
focus and attention on each of the divisions in
the department, a very successful CME
program held in the spring and successful
hosting of the Saint Louis University School of
Medicine Alumni Reunion CME Program. The
latter has resulted in the production of a series
of articles which will be published as a special
issue of the journal Missouri Medicine to
recognize the department’s centennial.
RECOGNITION
2011 School of Medicine Alumni Association
Community Service Award
Honored at the Medical School Reunion was
William M. Fogarty, Jr., MD, clinical
professor, Division of General Internal
Medicine, who was presented with the 2011
School of Medicine Alumni Association
Community Service Award. "On any given
Friday afternoon, one can find retired internal
medicine practitioner, Dr. William Fogarty
offering his services to the community as a
volunteer physician at Casa de Salud," Philip
Alderson, MD, said. Casa de Salud is a health
and wellness center, which provides basic
health and wellness services for uninsured and
underinsured new immigrants in St. Louis.
A 1960 School of Medicine graduate, Dr.
Fogarty practiced internal medicine and
endocrinology for 30 years. After retiring from
Southwest Medical Center in St. Louis, he
continued to volunteer for 7 years at La Clinica,

a health clinic in South St. Louis that served the
Hispanic community. When the clinic closed,
Dr. Fogarty became active in the advisory
committee interested in establishing another
type of clinic in the area. Now he is among the
team of physicians at Casa de Salud, who
provide medical care and often assist patients in
receiving care from larger health care facilities.

MD, Neurosurgery; Michael P. Thorpe, MD,
General Surgery; and, J.E. “Betsy” TuttleNewhall, MD, Abdominal Transplant Surgery.
Saint Louis University Hospital Attending of
the Quarter Award
Marilyn Maxwell, MD,
General
Internal
Medicine, was nominated and selected for
the next Attending of
the Quarter Award at
Saint Louis University
Hospital.
Department of Internal Medicine Holiday
Party
A good time was had by all the faculty,
residents and staff who attended the Internal
Medicine Holiday Party on Friday, December
9, in the School of Allied Health Multi-Purpose
Room. The attendees were encouraged to
bring a gift (infant up to 12 years). These gifts
were to be donated to clients of Casa de Salud
and the student run Health Resource Center
(HRC). Well over 100 gifts were divided
between these groups.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Collaborative Grant, Saint Louis University
Primary Care Training Center, through
HRSA Bureau of Health Professions
Program.
The purpose of the proposed
project, the Saint Louis University (SLU)
Primary Care Training Center is to
substantially expand the previously funded
AAU in Family Medicine to form a
collaborative between Family Medicine,
Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics. The overarching goal of this collaboration is to increase

the numbers of medical students and residents
choosing primary care as their profession.
The proposed project fits in with department
chairs’ (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine,
and Pediatrics) vision and dovetails nicely with
the Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice
President for Health Sciences Center vision for
inter-professional teams in clinical practice
and inter-professional education. The Dean has
lent significant support and resources for the
design and implementation of an interprofessional curriculum for medical students
along with providing resident exposure to
practicing within an inter-professional model at
our clinical training sites.
2010-2011 Department of Internal Medicine
Annual Report is on-line now at
http://internalmed.slu.edu.
DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY
The Division of Cardiology would like to
announce the opening of a new consultative
patient clinic. Patients at the new Atrial
Fibrillation Clinic will be seen by either Dr. Ali
Mehdirad or Dr. Scott Ferreira, and is
located at the University Club Tower, Suite
1120. More information can be found at
http://internalmed.slu.edu/cardiology/index.
php?page=atrial-fibrillation-clinic-2.
To
make an appointment for your patients, please
call 977-4440.
Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics
Annual Scientific Sessions, November 7-11,
2011 in San Francisco, 14th Annual SelfAssessment Course for Interventional
Cardiology II (November 8-9) faculty from
the Division of Cardiology made the following
presentations:

a venue for recruitment of geriatric fellows as
well as an opportunity to educate area internal
medicine/family medicine residents about the
specialized treatment of our geriatric
population. They had 10 participants from five
programs within a 150 mile radius with great
feedback from everyone about the Boot Camp.
The Master of Ceremonies was Dr. Julie
Gammack with presentations by Drs. Joseph
Flaherty, David Thomas, Dulce Cruz-Oliver
and John Morley.
DIVISION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES,
ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY (IDAI)
Nicole Sullivan, PhD candidate, received her
PhD in Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology (defense date was 12/2/11).
Raymond G. Slavin, MD, presented an invited
talk at Rheumatology Grand Rounds,
"Anaphylaxis", on 11/11/11.
DIVISION OF NEPHROLOGY

Each month a resident and two runners up are
commended for exemplary performance in
residency as nominated by peers and/or faculty.
This could include (and not limited to) going
the 'extra mile' for a patient, good in-service
score, helping a colleague, etc. Nominations to
the chief residents are encouraged, and we also
need faculty sponsors for $100 a month (one
$50 and two $25 gift cards will be purchased
monthly for winner and runners up
respectively). Dr. Miguel Paniagua was the
sponsor for November and Dr. Rajagopal
Chadaga sponsored December. Please contact
the chief residents or Ms. Melissa Westwood to
volunteer or with questions.
November 2011 “Resident of the Month”
Winner: Mireille El Hayek, MD, Outstanding
performance!
She consistently delivered
exceptional patient care and was an example to
her follow residents and interns. Keep up the
good work!
Honorable Mention: Genevieve Moyer, MD,
Did an amazing job as an ambassador and ideal
representative of the program during
recruitment season and was commended by the
applicants for being amiable, enthusiastic, and
extremely helpful.
Honorable Mention: Ghassan Kamel, MD,
Applauded by his fellow residents and interns
for his clinical skills and as a superior team
member who consistently shouldered additional
responsibility and was thoroughly dependable.
Great job!

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Nov-Dec 2011

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December 2011 “Resident of the Month”
Winner:
George Kasarala, MD, Altruistic
sacrifice of time and effort
Honorable Mention: Chad Heng, MD, Strong
work, extra effort and no complaints.
Honorable Mention:
Hermind Fernandes,
MD, outstanding work on a very busy service.

To the family of Carlo P. Caciolo, MD,
clinical professor, Division of Rheumatology,
who passed away on December 4, 2011.
To the family of Robert K. Dorton, MD,
clinical professor, Division of General Internal
Medicine, who passed away on December 12,
2011.
CLINICAL TICKER

NEW RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED
PRACTICE LOCATION

Bernard R. Chaitman, MD, Cardiology,
$197,136 from Clinical Research ManagAxio
Research Company / NIH for “AIM-High:
Central Electrographic Laboratory and Events
Adjudication
Coordination
for
Atherothrombosis Interventions in Metabolic
Syndrome with Low HDL/High Triglyceride
and Impact on Global Health Outcomes.”
John C. Edwards, MD, PhD, Nephrology,
$369,448 from NHLBI/NIH for “The Role of
CLIC4 in Angionesis.”
Terry L. Moore, MD, Rheumatology, $19,842
from OUHSC/NIH for “Micro-array based
biomarkers in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.”
CONDOLENCES
To David Stoeckel, MD, Pulmonary, Critical
Care and Sleep Medicine, and family on the
death of his father, Charles F. Stoeckel,
November 11, 2011.
To
Susan
Androff,
RN,
Internal
Medicine/DOB, and family on the death of her
father, Henry S. Wurthmann, Jr, on November
22, 2011.

Chairman’s Blog
For faculty, staff and residents of Internal
Medicine, their Google Apps Sites include the
"IM Chairman's Site". Clicking on the "IM
Chairman's Site" opens to the Chairman's Blog.
The posts are visible on the site. To the left
there is a navigation panel with links to each of
the posts and a link to the Anonymous
Feedback. Clicking on the Anonymous
Feedback opens a window which has a test
field for entering feedback with a submit button
below the field. Further down the page is the
feedback received so far.

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DATE OF NOTE
Grand Rounds will resume on January 6,
2012, Pitlyk Auditorium at 7:30 am. Ryan M.
Tarantola, MD, Department of Ophthalmology,
Saint Louis University School of Medicine,
will make a presentation on “Diabetic
Retinopathy.” The Division of General Internal
Medicine is the sponsor.
WEBSITE
Access the Department of Internal Medicine
website at http://internalmed.slu.edu.
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was missed, please let Camille Goff know at
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